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Norfolk Casino Needs More Time to Finalize Resort Blueprint
The development team behind the long-delayed Norfolk casino project was supposed to present its latest construction blueprint to the city's Architectural Review Board (ARB) on Monday. No plan was presented. Instead, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, the city's selected gaming partner for the...
Michigan Regulators Order Unlicensed iGaming Sites to Terminate Operations
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has sent cease-and-desist letters to three online gaming websites operating in the state unlawfully. State gaming regulators say PredictionStrike Inc., based in Bay Shore, NY, Sweepstakes Limited, based in Limassol, Cyprus, and VGW LuckyLand, Inc., based...
Kroger Sports Betting Kiosks Installed at 20 Grocery Store Locations in Ohio
Kroger shoppers can now make a sports bet while picking up groceries at select locations in Ohio. The Cincinnati Business Courier reports that the Cincinnati-based supermarket chain has installed sports betting kiosks in 20 locations in the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton areas....
Virginia House Speaker Lends Support for Petersburg Casino
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) is the latest lawmaker in Richmond to lend his support toward allowing Petersburg to consider a commercial casino undertaking. Scott said his capital colleagues should consider a new host location for the fifth casino license voters...
Coney Casino Developers Continue Community Input in Brooklyn
Despite a crowded field with globally recognized names, the development team behind The Coney remains confident about their odds of securing one of the three casino licenses allocated for New York's downstate region. Global Gaming Solutions, the gaming subsidiary of the Chickasaw...
Arkansas Attorney General Assists Gaming Regulators on Pope Casino
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin's (R) office will assist the Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC) in determining how to resolve the ongoing legal saga surrounding the unissued Pope County casino license. The Arkansas Supreme Court (ARC) earlier this month refused to consider an...
Nebraska Casinos Win $89M in First Full Year, Do Nearly $18M in Taxes
Nebraska casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of more than $89 million in their first full year of operation. Nebraska voters approved commercial casinos through a 2020 statewide ballot referendum. The outcome allowed six horse racetracks to pursue gaming licenses. Five of...
DeSantis Exit From 2024 GOP Primary Further Shortens Trump’s Odds
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called it quits on Sunday. The once presumed new leader of the Republican Party -- in the wake of his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- failed to compete against former President Donald Trump in the early stages...
Atlantic City Dismisses Casinos’ Claims Regarding Road Narrowing
Atlantic City officials last week rejected in a legal brief claims from five casinos in town that the narrowing of Atlantic Avenue from Boston to New Hampshire avenues will hinder emergency vehicles. Atlantic City is amid a road narrowing of the city's...
Alabama Tribal Casino Bill to Include Sports Betting, State-Run Lottery
Alabama lawmakers will reportedly introduce legislation next month to expand gaming in the state to include tribal casinos with slot machines and table games. The gaming package will also include sports betting and a state-run lottery, sources privy to the authoring in...